A new case of scam has been made viral in the social media. Is regarding Folayemi Alabia 52-year-old man from Texas, United States, who was accused of dating and defrauding elderly women for more than 1.6 million dollars.
He fell in love with women online
According to investigations, the man pretended to be a high ranking military and its victims were women between 70 and 80 years old, especially widows and divorcees. He used this position to make them fall in love and convince them to send him money both in checks and in cash.
Alabi contacted his victims through the Internet and deceived them with the lie of being in love. But not only that, he convinced them to send money to a bank account and then transfer it to another account. With this modus operandi, the criminal convinced residents of North Carolina, California, Arizona, South Dakota, Texas, Rhode Island, Idaho, etc.
It should be noted that the bank movements were discovered by the agents. In addition, they found videos and photos of packages of money and checks received by some victims.
pleaded guilty
Likewise, the police officers confirmed that the man obtained $334,000 of a woman in Arizona, thus leaving her without money to eat and pay her bills. He also did the same with another lady from Rhode Islandas, who sent him a check for $60,000 and I was almost going to send him another one of $240,000but his bank blocked his account on suspicion that he was a victim of fraud, which is why the entity contacted the police.
It should be mentioned that following these illegal acts the man was taken to the Rhode Islands federal court, where he pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering.